How Often Do You Push Your Car To It's Absolute Limits?

Maybe once a day for me if I'm just commuting, but if I'm headed up the canyons pretty much every turn is limit pushing, tire abusing goodness. I ask because I've noticed many enthusiasts here don't like flooring their cars or even getting near red-line, nor do they like approaching their cars handling limits. And here I thought everybody here red-lines their cars more often then me.
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I'm kinda like you, except I haven't ever taken it on a really fun, empty stretch. Tires get torn up at least daily, redline daily and hit the rev limiter more than I would like to admit.
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Slow car, so often enough. My tires aren't usually squealing or anything, and the only gears that really get hard pulls are first and second. Third is good for up to 92 or so, but that's 20mph (felony zone) over the limits here, so Imma stay out of that zone.

When it was wet, I liked to go around a corner at 20 or so and lift off just to kick out the rear a little. A few of big ramps allowed for more speed for that, but weren't always smooth coming back from the slide. No other cars are around for these shenanigans... usually it's around midnight or 1am, otherwise I keep it toned down for my sake and others (they could just as easily slide and I wanna keep my space).
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How do you define limits?…If I were to push my faster cars through their limits I would be beyond my limits as a driver,because the real limits are in cornering and braking, super quick heel-and-toe rev matching, trail braking ,1 or 1.5G cornering on slicks and so on.

However, that is nowhere near the cars absolutely limits. Pretty sure I'm not near a good enough driver to do that.
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El Kabong Mk.II:I don't think anyone on here expects someone to write "I go 180mph in my car EVERY DAY!!!" or anything. If they do expect that they probably ain't right in the head

Lateral G, 0-60ish and heel-and-toe practice are all things that you can realistically do on public roads, but even then it's wise to pick your spots.

In which case the question makes little sense because the answer is predefined.

Nobody here every pushes a car to its absolute limits, including me.

If the real question is ' Do you ever break the speed limit or accelerate hard" for instance, then the question in the header : (How Often Do You Push Your Car To It's Absolute Limits?) must not mean what it says.
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El Kabong Mk.II:I don't think anyone on here expects someone to write "I go 180mph in my car EVERY DAY!!!" or anything. If they do expect that they probably ain't right in the head

Lateral G, 0-60ish and heel-and-toe practice are all things that you can realistically do on public roads, but even then it's wise to pick your spots.

RMcG:In which case the question makes little sense because the answer is predefined.

Nobody here every pushes a car to its absolute limits, including me.

If the real question is ' Do you ever break the speed limit or accelerate hard" for instance, then the question in the header : (How Often Do You Push Your Car To It's Absolute Limits?) must not mean what it says.

I meant absolute as in drive to 10/10ths of your vehicles ability. That means driving at the fringe of your cars limits grip and power wise (not necessarily simultaneously). And i disagree on your thought that nobody reaches their cars absolute limit. I did it all day yesterday going up the canyons with my buddy (and his freaking spectacular M5). I was at the cusp of under steer and using every available horse available to me.
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El Kabong Mk.II:I don't think anyone on here expects someone to write "I go 180mph in my car EVERY DAY!!!" or anything. If they do expect that they probably ain't right in the head

Lateral G, 0-60ish and heel-and-toe practice are all things that you can realistically do on public roads, but even then it's wise to pick your spots.

RMcG:In which case the question makes little sense because the answer is predefined.

Nobody here every pushes a car to its absolute limits, including me.

If the real question is ' Do you ever break the speed limit or accelerate hard" for instance, then the question in the header : (How Often Do You Push Your Car To It's Absolute Limits?) must not mean what it says.

(^'.')>ChaiLatte<('.'^):I meant absolute as in drive to 10/10ths of your vehicles ability. That means driving at the fringe of your cars limits grip and power wise (not necessarily simultaneously). And i disagree on your thought that nobody reaches their cars absolute limit. I did it all day yesterday going up the canyons with my buddy (and his freaking spectacular M5). I was at the cusp of under steer and using every available horse available to me.

Did you kiss the ground when you got out of the car?Why?Because one of these days it may be your last time you perform these kinds of stunts...

Knock on wood it wont happen...

Any idea what those are?They're everywhere in Greece and in other parts of Europe.Roadside memorials.These make a nice scenic view when one drives by them, especially where roads have cliffs on either side...Im willing to bet canyons may make a nice home for those memorials...I suggest if you dont want to have your very own memorial, stop with that nonsense.

El Kabong Mk.II:I don't think anyone on here expects someone to write "I go 180mph in my car EVERY DAY!!!" or anything. If they do expect that they probably ain't right in the head

Lateral G, 0-60ish and heel-and-toe practice are all things that you can realistically do on public roads, but even then it's wise to pick your spots.

RMcG:In which case the question makes little sense because the answer is predefined.

Nobody here every pushes a car to its absolute limits, including me.

If the real question is ' Do you ever break the speed limit or accelerate hard" for instance, then the question in the header : (How Often Do You Push Your Car To It's Absolute Limits?) must not mean what it says.

(^'.')>ChaiLatte<('.'^):I meant absolute as in drive to 10/10ths of your vehicles ability. That means driving at the fringe of your cars limits grip and power wise (not necessarily simultaneously). And i disagree on your thought that nobody reaches their cars absolute limit. I did it all day yesterday going up the canyons with my buddy (and his freaking spectacular M5). I was at the cusp of under steer and using every available horse available to me.

Don't take this the wrong way, but I doubt you drove to your vehicles ability. I'm certain a pro driver could take it farther than you did. So, more likely, you took your car to your limits with your car (if that makes sense). When I was young and dumb, I pushed my cars much farther than I'm willing to now, especially on public roads. I'm a risk/reward type, and pushing limits on public roads certainly has far more risk than reward. Hopefully, someday in the relatively near future, I can buy a car that I can prep for track duty and push the limits on a track.
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